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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Anthony Wayne Village (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Anthony Wayne Village. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Anthony Wayne Village ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Anthony Wayne Village: Anthony Wayne Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Anthony Wayne Village is located in Allen County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allen County: Adams, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, Whitley, Defiance (OH), Paulding (OH) & Van Wert (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Anthony Wayne Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anthony Wayne Village:
- Allen County (The home county of Anthony Wayne Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Fort Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- New Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Wallen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hoagland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yoder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zulu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Arcola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- Aboite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Huntertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Grabill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Magley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Preble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honduras
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Coppess Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- New Era
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Spencerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Altona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Garrett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Joe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Corunna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Huntington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Roanoke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Markle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Goblesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Goblesville is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblesville
- Huntington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Majenica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Bippus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bippus is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bippus
- Andrews
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Laotto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ege
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Green Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Avilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Merriam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Port Mitchell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Kendallville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Ossian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zanesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tocsin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Uniondale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- North Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Bluffton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Travisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Liberty Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Reiffsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Dunfee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Churubusco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Collins
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Columbia City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tri-Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Cresco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Luther
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Lorane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- South Whitley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ormas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Larwill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Larwill is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Etna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Collamer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Collamer is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collamer
- Defiance County (OH)
- Hicksville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- McGill ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Batson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Payne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Antwerp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Link ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Worstville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Folmer ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Folmer is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folmer
- Dague ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dague is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dague
- Haviland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Haviland is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Latty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Cecil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Dixon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <1>
- Willshire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Abanaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Schumm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Van Wert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anthony Wayne Village, see our County-by-County Page for Anthony Wayne Village.
Cemeteries Near Anthony Wayne Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anthony Wayne Village.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Anthony Wayne Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anthony Wayne Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Concordia Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia Cemetery Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lindenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fogwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brenton Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (243 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hatfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Anthony Wayne Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anthony Wayne Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anthony Wayne Village, with the one closest to Anthony Wayne Village listed first.
- Fort Wayne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nine Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nine Mile is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Mile
- Poe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Maples
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maples is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Thurman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thurman is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Wallen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Hoagland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Academie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Academie is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academie
- Williams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zulu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Arcola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Aboite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Aboite is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aboite
- Ossian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Zanesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anthony Wayne Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anthony Wayne Village.
Newspapers Published in Anthony Wayne Village ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 188 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anthony Wayne Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anthony Wayne Village, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anthony Wayne Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Anthony Wayne Village:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Allen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- DeKalb County
- Huntington County
- Noble County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Defiance County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Anthony Wayne Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anthony Wayne Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |